Requirements
1. A computer or laptop with Microsoft publisher
2. Internet connection
Open your publisher and
determine whether you need a portrait or landscape poster. Also chose the size
of the poster you want. In this case I want to design a poster of A3 size
(choose this on page design tab. Where we have size and remember to remove all margin)
and portrait orientation. I will use the photos on the internet. I have chosen
to design a poster for an artist, Phyllis Mbuthia, whom I assume is having a
launch of her song NII NINGUI (available on the YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpocuARDT8)
Get the photos you want
to use ready.
I have chosen to use the
below photo from the internet.
STEP
TWO
Remove the background of
your photos.
Go to the internet and
search remove background. You will find many sites where you can remove the
photos background.
In this case I have
chosen removebg (https://www.remove.bg/)
as shown below. You only upload the photo and after the background is removed download
it.
STEP
THREE
Insert the photos as
shown below and arrange them as you want.
Insert text boxes for writing the text you want to appear in your poster as shown above
In this case I have
chosen Edwardian Script IT theme font size 100 for the heading.
STEP
FOUR
Assume the artist will be
accompanied by other artists during the launch as it is the norm. You can add a
few photos of them on the poster. In this case I have chosen to add Sammy
Irungu, Hellen Muthoni and Joy Janet (All these photos are from the internet and backgrounds are removed. See above. Remember It is good to crop
images well and utilize send backward and bring forward tools.
STEP FIVE
If you are satisfied with the look of your poster save it as pdf and it will be ready for printing. At this stage you can decide to change the background colour of your poster. Just go to the internet and search background as shown below.
Choose the background you want and save it. To change background on publisher, go to page design tab, then to background, more background, picture, insert picture from and choose the picture you have saved. For this case I have chosen as shown below.
